Hi From Trixie

Hi, everyone! Its me, Trixie! I just wanted to say thanks for the well-wishes and advice everyone sent last night when my Mama hijacked the blog. Apparently, last night I had a seizure! I don't really remember it. One minute I was sleeping peacefully on the couch next to Mama. The next minute, I was on the floor, and Mama, Gramma and Grampa were all sitting on the floor around me, petting me and talking sweetly to me!

I felt really sleepy and confused and I just looked up at them. I actually felt kind of happy because everyone was giving me so much attention! Even my little sister Lily seemed worried and kept sniffing me and licking me! (Although Mama told me later, Lily got scared and tried to bite me when I was having the seizure!)

My peeps decided I don't have to go to the vet until next weekend, and they don't want to give me any medicine until its really necessary. They say they're afraid seizure medicine might make me sleepy all the time and change my personality for the worse. They said if I have a seizure only once a year (which seems to be the rate since its been about a year since I had my first one) then it wouldn't interfere with my life enough to make me have to take medicine every day. Mama is mostly worried that I could have another health problem, like a tumor, causing seizures. But I doubt it, since I have only had two in my whole life! (The first one, my Mama saw, but she was home alone and nobody believed her!)

In the mean time, I have really been enjoying the extra attention my Mama and everyone else has been giving me! Mama has been giving me so many extra pets and hugs! The bad news is, Gramma gave me a bath today. Booooooooo!

Here's a picture Mama took of me a little while ago! I'm resting comfortably.

I'm still a little bummed because of the bath, but I did manage to talk Gramma out of using the blow dryer on me.

Thanks again for your friendship! It made us all feel much bette!

Love,
Trixie

Look who is back, better than ever?

Hi everyone! Its me, sweet and adorable little Lily! Trixie wrote yesterday to update you when I was done getting spayed, but I just wanted to write and say thanks, myself, for all your good wishes.

Today was a nice day! My Mama made sure she had the day off from school and working so she could be with me! Even though she had lots of homework to do, she did it on the couch with me laying right next to her. Every time she needed to go upstairs for something, she carried me with her! And... you know how after you get spayed, you have to take medicine? I have two kinds I have to take, an antibiotic and pain killer. Well, Mama knows I won't just swallow a pill on my own, so she sneaks it into delicious foods. For instance,

this morning I had my pills in some soft Cesar Canine Cousine food... a real treat for me! Trixie also was happy, since Mama gave her some Canine Cousine too. Hers didn't have pills in it, but Mama didn't want to make her watch me eat something so great!

Then, tonight, Mama gave us cottage cheese. This time I was too smart for her. I found one of the pills in the cottage cheese, so I just sucked the cottage cheese off and left it on the plate! Mama was like, "NOOOOO!" Then she gave us another treat... Monterey Jack cheese. Of course mine was wrapped around the pill, but I barely tasted it. Me and Trixie were so happy!

I am feeling way, way better now. Although I spent most of the day sleeping and being carried around, I am now on top of my game! I've been tusseling with Trixie, playing with my little tennis ball, eating lots of food, and even took a whole walk around the block! Mama says she's so happy that I'm acting like I'm not in any more pain, at

least most of the time!

Tomorrow, Mama has to go to school and then work, but Gramma will be home with me, making sure I don't chew on my stitches. (I've been trying really hard not too... a few times I started to but Mama reminded me, really quick, and I stopped. I sure don't want to have to get a Cone Of Shame!)
Here is a picture Mama took of me a few hours ago. Don't I look like I'm feeling so much better?

Anyway, thanks for all your nice comments! I love you all so much!

Update On Lily!

Hi everyone! Its Trixie! I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind thoughts on Lily's last post, where she announced that she was going to be getting spayed!

Well, the surgery is over, and Lily is safely home!

It went well. The nice people at the vet called our Mama exactly at 11:30 to let her know that Lily was okay and that everything was over. When Mama went to pick her up, they told her that Lily was a really good doggie and hadn't been chewing on her stitches or anything.

Then, the vet brought Lily out to Mama. First, Lily was happy to see Mama, and licked her and everything... and then, to Mama's surprise, she kept looking at the vet (it wasn't Dr. Amy from last time... in fact maybe it was a technician or something...) and kind of leaning towards her, with a happy look in her eyes! Mama laughed and said, "Oh, you like the vet?" The vet said, "Well, we were cuddling back there for a while." Isn't that sweet? The vet was cuddling with Lily and Lily liked her? Mama says she's going to be bringing Lily back to that doctor's office for all her medical needs. (I, on the other hand, have to keep going to the usual vet where Grampa takes me, but thats okay, because I like it there.)

Anyway, little Lily seems a little tired and dazed. She has been resting on our dog bed, but she keeps on getting up and wandering around slowly, looking bewildered. Mama says thats from the medicine the vet gave her!

The vet said Lily shouldn't jump around, and that she shouldn't eat a ton of food and drink a ton of water. So thats why Mama has been staying upstairs with Lily (to keep her from going up and down the stairs.) Mama also put some food and water in separate dishes upstairs, so Lily could get to them easily. I was a little worried that Mama was giving Lily t

oo much food and water right away... so I ate and drank most of it, just to be safe. I am such a good big sister!

Anyway, Mama is so relieved that Lily made it through!

Here's a pic she took of Lily a few minutes after she got home! Does she look a little "out of it?"

We will keep you updated! Thanks again for your pawsitive thoughts... it really made us all feel better when we read them the night before Lily's surgery!

See ya soon!

Tomorrow Is My Big Day!

Hi, everyone! Its me, little Lily!

So, tomorrow is the big day for me! Mama got a low cost spay certificate from Friends Of Animals,  and last week I went to the vet to get my preliminary physical exam. The vet who saw me was really nice! Her name was Amy. She was really gentle and she said I was so cute and so brave! Dr. Amy said I am a very, very healthy dog... except that I need to lose about 2 pounds. (Maybe its from all those treats!) She said the spay surgery is so safe, and  its very, very, very, very rare for things to go wrong, especially for a dog as healthy as me!

Tomorrow, at 7:30 am, Mama will be dropping me off. I know Mama is so worried about it. Its also her first day back at school, and she thinks she's going to be worrying about me while she's in her class... but Dr. Amy promised to give Mama a call as soon as the surgery is over, so she can quit worrying! Then, at 4:30 pm, Mama will be able to pick me up (the spay certificate doesn't cover an overnight stay, but Dr. Amy said it will be better for me to go home anyway because she can see I'm so attached to Mama) and she has the whole next day off to spend with me!

Today Mama spent time playing outside with me and inside, and she even got me and Trixie each a new toy! She found these toys at Petsmart... the big giraffe was holding the baby giraffe, but Mama pulled them apart so we could each have one. She said, when she saw that toy, she thought, "How cute! A big giraffe and a little giraffe... and I have a big dog and a little dog! Perfect!"

Of course Trixie is nibbling her big giraffe, which is what she does with all her toys. Nibble nibble nibble!

 

And of course I took my little giraffe and started shaking it like crazy! I stopped shaking it for one minute for the picture because Mama said when I shook it the picture would come out all blurry. 

 

The bad news is, I also had to take a bath... because Mama said she didn't want me stinking for Dr. Amy. (I get dirty easily because Trixie likes to chew on me when we play! The other bad news is, I cannot eat any food after midnight... which Mama thinks is funny, for some reason. She keeps calling me her little gremlin! What is that all about?

But one more good news is... remember the puppies from our Puppypalooza post? The last two were adopted yesterday! Yay!

Okay, wish me luck everyone! By this time tomorrow, I will be home, snoozing! I'll tell Trixie to update you all so you know that I got through it okay.

Bye friends! I love you!